Title

Letter, Archibald Price, Jackson, MS to Parents, Swainstown, NC, 1841

Authors

Files

Description

While some emigrants to Mississippi came in search of better land and farming opportunities, others arrived in search of their fortune. Archibald Price, from North Carolina, one of Mississippi's most significant "feeder" states, is in the latter camp. In this letter, Price, probably aged about seventeen, advises his parents that he has not gotten rich yet, but expects to soon. He also notes he heard his father sent a horse to Columbus, MS for his brother Thomas to ride home, and proudly reports this gesture was unnecessary, for he and his brother always have had access to horses, and anyways he can take care of himself. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

Publication Date

1841

Time Period

1840-1850

Subjects

Mississippi

Geographic Location

Mississippi

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_684_Jackson1841_p001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Todd A. Herring Collection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

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Recommended Citation

Todd A. Herring Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University